Cantor said what?

Those folks gathering under the banner of “Occupy Wall Street,” a movement that spread to San Antonio on Thursday, are a “growing mob,” that is “pitting Americans against Americans.” So says House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), speaking before a conservative group, “Value Voters Summit,” on Friday.

C’mon, really? The class warfare card again? For demonstrating against Congress’ chummy relationship with corporate America and the plight of the 99 percent of Americans whose incomes have not risen?

I think this is actually called, telling it like it is.

Calling out Cantor on this on Friday was the White House, which seems to have found its voice what with an election coming up.

“I sense a little hypocrisy unbound here,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney, who noted the difference between what Cantor thought of Tea Party gatherings and this latest group.

An understatement. More than “a little hypocrisy,” I’m afraid.

I write about the “Occupy San Antonio” in a column for Saturday. I was there. If mobs describe a peaceful gathering in which folks express their frustration with joblessness and economic disparity, well, we’ll all have to reexamine that definition of “mob.”

Right, these mostly young folks are a little short of specific solutions and this does offer stark contrast with those on Wall Street. Its denizens have very specific things they want from Congress. Lower taxes and an easing of new regulations intended to stop them from taking the economy down into future tail spins.

“Mob,” I guess, is in the eye of the beholder. But if these “values voters” buy what Cantor is selling, they might want to reexamine their values.